Twenty바카라 웹사이트more people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58.
The new cases have been identified at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune.바카라 웹사이트
"The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58," the Union Health Ministry said.
All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.바카라 웹사이트
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.
The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the States for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing and바카라 웹사이트dispatch of samples to INSACOG labs.
Of the 58, the mutated바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트strain바카라 웹사이트was detected in eight samples at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, 11바카라 웹사이트in the바카라 웹사이트Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi,바카라 웹사이트in바카라 웹사이트one in바카라 웹사이트 National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani (near Kolkata), 25 in the National Institute of Virology in Pune, three in바카라 웹사이트Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)바카라 웹사이트in Hyderabad and ten바카라 웹사이트was sequenced in바카라 웹사이트National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Hospital (NIMHANS)Bengaluru.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
The INSACOG labs at NCBS InSTEM, Bengaluru, CDFD Hyderabad, ILS Bhubaneswar, and NCCS Pune have so far found no mutant virus.
The new바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트variant has already been reported by several countries including Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.
The Government of India took cognizance of the reports of virus reported from the바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트and put in place a proactive and preventive strategy to detect and contain the mutant variant, it said.
This strategy includes temporary suspension of all flights coming from the바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트with바카라 웹사이트effect바카라 웹사이트from바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트midnight바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트December바카라 웹사이트23 till January 7 and mandatory testing of all바카라 웹사이트UK-returned air passengers through RT-PCR test.바카라 웹사이트
The samples of all바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트returnees found positive in RT-PCR test will be genome sequenced by a consortium of 10 government labs i.e. INSACOG.바카라 웹사이트
Further, all the international passengers who have arrived in India between December 9 and 22, if symptomatic and tested positive for COVID-19 will be subjected to genome sequencing as part of the Centre's strategy바카라 웹사이트to detect the mutated바카라 웹사이트UK바카라 웹사이트variant in them.
Others will be followed up by the respective state and district surveillance officers and will be tested as per the ICMR guidelines (even if asymptomatic)바카라 웹사이트between 5th and 10th day, according to the Union Health Ministry's guidance document on genomic sequencing.
Further, epidemiological surveillance of the passengers, who have arrived in India since바카라 웹사이트November 23 will be conducted in the community through active follow up.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Besides, standard operating protocol for states and UTs to tackle the mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 was issued on December 22.
